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Zimmermann, Encrypted VoIP, and Uncle Sam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader noted that Phillip Zimmermann and his VoIP encryption software are the subject of a NY Times article today. The article touches on the FCC, privacy, and related issues. Given all the suspicious behavior of the Bush Administration relating to wiretaps and phone records, this sort of thing is all the more important to be very aware of.

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  1. nothing to hide by DennisInDallas · · Score: -1, Troll

    why would people with nothing to hide want to encrypt their conversations.

  2. Re:Brave New World by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can oppose anything by invoking the worst possible scenario consequences.
    You can promote anything by invoking the best possible scenario consequences.
    Your statements have no actual value.

  3. YHBT YHL HAND by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


       

  4. Re:But what about my Iraqi girlfriend? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dump her for the unibrow and mite-infested vagina.

  5. Paranoid New World by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    I keep hearing about all these movie-plot scenarios that require immediate decryption - in the movies. I have yet to hear one actual scenario in which a few hours decrypting threatened even a single life. Until I do, with a healthy faith in science and a long memory of selfserving government lies covering up crime with "national security" claims, why should I pay any attention to these demands for urgency?

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  6. Re:Offtopic: on the subject of Bush criticism: by PFI_Optix · · Score: 0, Troll

    The thought of Hillary shaking anything makes me nauseous.

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  7. Re:Obviously a politically biased article by IflyRC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because the democrats forced him to step down over a stupid comment that was made in favor of a democrat so he's bitter?

  8. Re:Brave New World by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    weeding out terrorists, political dissidents, environmentalists, Democrats, and other 'undesirables'.

    Sorry I dont see the problem; getting rid of jackasses is normally a good thing...